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Tetrapedia
The genus Tetrapedia contains approximately 13 species of small apid bees occurring in the Neotropics (from Mexico to Argentina), and they are unusual in possessing adaptations for carrying floral oils rather than (or in addition to) pollen or nectar. The floral oils are typically gathered from plants of the family Malpighiaceae, though other plants may be visited. They also apparently gather plant resins for use in nest cell construction, sometimes mixed with sand.
31 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tetrapedia diversipes
speciesTetrapedia diversipes
Tetrapedia ornata
speciesTetrapedia ornata
Tetrapedia atripes
speciesTetrapedia atripes
Tetrapedia fuliginosa
speciesTetrapedia fuliginosa
Tetrapedia reinschiana
speciesTetrapedia reinschiana
Tetrapedia albodecorata
speciesTetrapedia albodecorata
Tetrapedia alfkeni
speciesTetrapedia alfkeni
Tetrapedia amplitarsis
speciesTetrapedia amplitarsis
Tetrapedia basalis
speciesTetrapedia basalis
Tetrapedia bipartita
speciesTetrapedia bipartita
Tetrapedia clypeata
speciesTetrapedia clypeata
Tetrapedia curvitarsis
speciesTetrapedia curvitarsis
Tetrapedia garofaloi
speciesTetrapedia garofaloi
Tetrapedia helvola
speciesTetrapedia helvola
Tetrapedia hemileuca
speciesTetrapedia hemileuca
Tetrapedia imitatrix
speciesTetrapedia imitatrix
Tetrapedia longipes
speciesTetrapedia longipes
Tetrapedia melampoda
speciesTetrapedia melampoda
Tetrapedia nigropilosa
speciesTetrapedia nigropilosa
Tetrapedia peckoltii
speciesTetrapedia peckoltii
Tetrapedia plumipes
speciesTetrapedia plumipes
Tetrapedia pulchella
speciesTetrapedia pulchella
Tetrapedia pyramidalis
speciesTetrapedia pyramidalis
Tetrapedia rugulosa
speciesTetrapedia rugulosa
Tetrapedia spanosticta
speciesTetrapedia spanosticta
Tetrapedia tarijensis
speciesTetrapedia tarijensis
Tetrapedia xanthorrhina
speciesTetrapedia xanthorrhina
Tetrapedia bruno
speciesTetrapedia bruno
Tetrapedia marina
speciesTetrapedia marina
Tetrapedia tereza
speciesTetrapedia tereza
Tetrapedia maura
speciesTetrapedia maura
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 252897.